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Fort DuPont redevelopment group asks for $7.7 million to finish campus repairs, housing and amenities
Summary
The Fort DuPont Redevelopment and Preservation Corporation told the Bond Bill Committee it has stabilized campus operations, created $34 million in taxable property and is requesting $7.677 million in state capital to complete maintenance, fund housing reuse and match federal grants for cultural amenities.
The Fort DuPont Redevelopment and Preservation Corporation asked the Bond Bill Committee on March 26 for $7.677 million to complete infrastructure work, support adaptive reuse for senior housing and advance park and cultural amenities on the former Army post in Delaware City.
John McMahon, chair of the corporation’s board, described multi‑year work that has restored historic properties and returned vacant parcels to productive, taxable use. “We now have...a new way of doing business,” he told the committee, citing a new board, an executive director and a land‑use master plan developed with public input.
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